Snakes Harmful and HarmlessTM

Brian
Bush's Homepage

SNAKES Harmful & Harmless - specialising in reptile education

Welcome to the home page of Brian Bush,
Manager of Snakes Harmful and Harmless - ABN 12 676 823 869. Snakes H & H
is a Western Australian based company since April 1987. We provide educational
lectures and displays on reptiles generally for special interest groups,
schools (pre-primary through to tertiary and especially ESL students), or
specifically venomous snakes such as in Occupational
Health & Safety Courses relating to environmental danger for
corporations, mining companies, all levels of government, the military, etc.

I have been around reptiles all my life. One thing became obvious at a very
early age: there is more myth associated with Australia's 211 plus species (Oz Checklist) of snake than any other faunal group! The most widespread and ridiculous of these concerns
Auselapid venom toxicities. No doubt, this is a result of our European ancestry.
There are 136 described species (81 in WA) and several known but undescribed taxa of fixed front-fanged venomous snakes (elapids/hydrophids) here, yet our deadliest venomous animal, considering human
fatalities, is the exotic honeybee. Check my link to Australian Venomous Snakes to learn more!

Much of the information available here is orientated towards Australian and
particularly Western Australian herpetology.

Sir David Attenborough and Brian Bush at Whiteman Park, Perth, Western Australia in November '06 during sequential filming for BBC's Life in Cold Blood. Although in his eighties, Sir David's professionalism and sense of humour are obvious. He only needs to do every take once! Also, note in the photo where the fingers of his left hand are!

Children have an affinity with
reptiles as is illustrated in these photos provided by Guildford Grammar
Primary School